耳熟能详

ěr shú néng xiáng

HSK 7–9

Meaning

指听得多了，能够详细地说出来。

Familiar enough to be repeated in detail after hearing it many times.

常用来形容对某事物非常熟悉，因为经常听到而能详细描述或复述。

Often used to describe something that is very familiar because it has been heard many times, so one can describe or repeat it in detail.

1 这首歌的旋律耳熟能详，每个人都会哼几句。 (The melody of this song is so familiar that everyone can hum a few lines.)
2 他的事迹在村里耳熟能详，老人小孩都知道。 (His deeds are well-known in the village; both the elderly and children know them.)
3 这些成语我们耳熟能详，但真正能准确使用的并不多。 (These idioms are familiar to us, but not many can use them accurately.)
4 那个故事我从小听到大，已经耳熟能详了。 (I've heard that story since I was a child, so I'm very familiar with it.)
5 对于经典的电影台词，他耳熟能详，能随时背出来。 (He is so familiar with classic movie lines that he can recite them anytime.)

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